Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 285	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	4
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	2.90
WHIP	‐	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 257	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 299	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	34.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	32	39

Earned Runs	16	28

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	38	43

Walks	11	28

ERA	4.28	7.34

WHIP	1.28	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	14

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	2.90

WHIP	‐	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
News
	The Athletics transferred Mark Leiter Jr. to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Nationals sent Justin Lawrence outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Mark Leiter Jr. underwent successful surgery on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Athletics right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. (hip) is set to undergo surgery on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	Justin Lawrence allowed a hit and a walk but no runs to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th
	The Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH			Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Mark Leiter Jr. (2026)

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